I HAVE A DREAM! Cut and paste this information into a new page on your Unit 8 Online ISN. Excerpt 1 - I Have a Dream - Excerpt 1 Five score years ago, ... a shameful condition.
OUR WORDS - Though the emancipation proclamation was signed 100 years ago (5 score), African Americans are still discriminated against to this day. America has not kept its promises. Excerpt 2 - I Have a Dream -- Excerpt 2 In a sense ... the security of justice.
OUR WORDS - When the Constitution and Declaration declared equal rights for all people in America no matter what race. America isn't following the Declaration. Excerpt 3 - I Have a Dream -- Excerpt 3 We have also come ... Now is the time.
OUR WORDS - Action needs to be taken now. Excerpt 4 - I Have a Dream -- Excerpt 4 But there is something ... soul force.
OUR WORDS - We must not be violent in our actions. We must use soul force, which comes from the soul & not from the fist. Excerpt 5 - I Have a Dream -- Excerpt 5 The marvelous new militancy ... We cannot turn back. OUR WORDS - We can't hold grudges against whites, we must work together with them with peace.
OUR WORDS - Until we gain complete equality, we won't stop fighting for our rights. We won't be satisfied. Excerpt 7 - I Have a Dream - Excerpt 7 And so even though ... I have a dream today!
OUR WORDS - I hope that America can change, I have a dream that all people can accept each other and gain equality. Excerpt 8 - I Have a Dream - Excerpt 8
And this will be the day ... we are free at last! OUR WORDS - We are free
AFTER If we didn't get to it in class, watch 16th Street to see what happened right after the March.
KING Was King "the right man at the right time"?Yes. He spoke according to the Bible, their main goal was freedom and can be traced back to the Old Testement.
Would King be upset with the current use of his most often quoted line? Why or why notI think he would be happy to know that his quote is being used by people who share his views.
MEMORIALS
There are many memorials to King around the United States, and there will soon be a new one in Washington D.C.! Check out some of the links below, and look at the video of the new National Memorial.
Cut and paste this information into a new page on your Unit 8 Online ISN.
Excerpt 1 - I Have a Dream - Excerpt 1
Five score years ago, ... a shameful condition.
OUR WORDS - Though the emancipation proclamation was signed 100 years ago (5 score), African Americans are still discriminated against to this day. America has not kept its promises.
Excerpt 2 - I Have a Dream -- Excerpt 2
In a sense ... the security of justice.
OUR WORDS - When the Constitution and Declaration declared equal rights for all people in America no matter what race. America isn't following the Declaration.
Excerpt 3 - I Have a Dream -- Excerpt 3
We have also come ... Now is the time.
OUR WORDS - Action needs to be taken now.
Excerpt 4 - I Have a Dream -- Excerpt 4
But there is something ... soul force.
OUR WORDS - We must not be violent in our actions. We must use soul force, which comes from the soul & not from the fist.
Excerpt 5 - I Have a Dream -- Excerpt 5
The marvelous new militancy ... We cannot turn back.
OUR WORDS - We can't hold grudges against whites, we must work together with them with peace.
Excerpt 6 - I Have a Dream -- Excerpt 6
There are those ... like a mighty stream."
OUR WORDS - Until we gain complete equality, we won't stop fighting for our rights. We won't be satisfied.
Excerpt 7 - I Have a Dream - Excerpt 7
And so even though ... I have a dream today!
OUR WORDS - I hope that America can change, I have a dream that all people can accept each other and gain equality.
Excerpt 8 - I Have a Dream - Excerpt 8
And this will be the day ... we are free at last!
OUR WORDS - We are free
AFTER
If we didn't get to it in class, watch 16th Street to see what happened right after the March.
KING
Was King "the right man at the right time"?Yes. He spoke according to the Bible, their main goal was freedom and can be traced back to the Old Testement.
Would King be upset with the current use of his most often quoted line? Why or why notI think he would be happy to know that his quote is being used by people who share his views.
MEMORIALS
There are many memorials to King around the United States, and there will soon be a new one in Washington D.C.! Check out some of the links below, and look at the video of the new National Memorial.
The King Center
**Martin Luther King** Jr National Historic Site
Some King historical sites from Taft's travels
Some King historical video from Taft's travels